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Links to kosher symbol lists. Each list is obviously only as reliable as its source


cRc: http://www.crcweb.org/agency_list.php

KosherQuest: https://kosherquest.org/kosher-symbols/

Approved alcoholic drinks from the Rabbanut.  http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/wp-content/uploads/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf

These are NOT Orthodox: https://sites.google.com/site/nonorthodoxkosher/home (even though some may look legit)


Informative post regarding Kashrus Agencies
Every hashgacha has +&-.


You can also submit any kashrus questions at
https://www.askcrc.org/ask
https://oukosher.org/ask-kosher-question/
https://www.star-k.org/ask-rabbi choose General Consumer Kashrus Questions in the Subject/Topic Dropdown list
https://www.ok.org/contact/ choose Kosher in the Attention Dropdown list


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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7340 on: January 19, 2025, 10:02:25 AM »
What's wrong?
Place is kosher or not?
Is there "supervision" or is it like an approved item list for Starbucks?
How much more "kosher" are the certified locations compared to the non certified?
« Last Edit: January 19, 2025, 10:12:39 AM by Alexsei »
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7341 on: January 19, 2025, 10:05:02 AM »
What's wrong?
Look at the sign behind the "certificate".
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7342 on: January 19, 2025, 10:42:52 AM »
Place is kosher or not?
Is there "supervision" or is it like an approved item list for Starbucks?
How much more "kosher" are the certified locations compared to the non certified?
Where do you see approved item list?
As far as I read it, it's all kosher besides two fresh fruit options. (Not that Mehlman is considered very reliable)

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7343 on: January 19, 2025, 10:43:22 AM »
Place is kosher or not?
Is there "supervision" or is it like an approved item list for Starbucks?
How much more "kosher" are the certified locations compared to the non certified?
like it or not, this is a very common practice out of town, especially at ice cream parlors, michshol notwithstanding. While I understand the 'need' for it, we have been zocheh to largely avoid this (with one notable exception). All the ice cream places we certify (including a chain of 19 stores) are entirely certified, including prepared foods.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7344 on: January 19, 2025, 10:47:33 AM »
like it or not, this is a very common practice out of town, especially at ice cream parlors, michshol notwithstanding. While I understand the 'need' for it, we have been zocheh to largely avoid this (with one notable exception). All the ice cream places we certify (including a chain of 19 stores) are entirely certified, including prepared foods.
What's the one exception? Stop and shop?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7345 on: January 19, 2025, 10:48:06 AM »
Place is kosher or not?
Is there "supervision" or is it like an approved item list for Starbucks?
How much more "kosher" are the certified locations compared to the non certified?
There's a mashgiach who visits every two three weeks. There's supervision.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7346 on: January 19, 2025, 11:03:20 AM »
Ramen: BY?
ramen are fully cooked and dehydrated. You'll either have to argue it fits into the avkas roichel or it is not oileh
AFAIK, there is no BY ramen (gefen/volove does not say BY). Is the consensus that it does not need?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7347 on: January 19, 2025, 11:21:32 AM »
like it or not, this is a very common practice out of town, especially at ice cream parlors, michshol notwithstanding. While I understand the 'need' for it, we have been zocheh to largely avoid this (with one notable exception). All the ice cream places we certify (including a chain of 19 stores) are entirely certified, including prepared foods.
I guess it's an oddity in Lakewood or Monsey
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7348 on: January 19, 2025, 11:22:41 AM »
AFAIK, there is no BY ramen (gefen/volove does not say BY). Is the consensus that it does not need?
Gefen is BY

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7349 on: January 19, 2025, 11:22:54 AM »
AFAIK, there is no BY ramen (gefen/volove does not say BY). Is the consensus that it does not need?
Doesn't say BY = Not BY?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7350 on: January 19, 2025, 11:26:26 AM »

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7351 on: January 23, 2025, 07:42:22 PM »
Chanced across this:
https://crckosher.org/videos/episode-56-melted-gelt/

Very informative and pertinent to the discussion up thread of how pareve chocolate is produced. (Also interesting is that he says at the end that depending on what was produced immediately before a DE product the remnants aren’t guaranteed bitul)

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7352 on: January 25, 2025, 03:49:09 PM »
Chanced across this:
https://crckosher.org/videos/episode-56-melted-gelt/

Very informative and pertinent to the discussion up thread of how pareve chocolate is produced. (Also interesting is that he says at the end that depending on what was produced immediately before a DE product the remnants aren’t guaranteed bitul)
Wouldn't the remnants be batul by the time it gets to the store? I.e. if the first batch contains sufficiently problematic milk, when the chocolate is in storehouse it will be mixed together with subsequent (or previous) batches which were halachically pareve.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7353 on: January 25, 2025, 09:18:14 PM »
Wouldn't the remnants be batul by the time it gets to the store? I.e. if the first batch contains sufficiently problematic milk, when the chocolate is in storehouse it will be mixed together with subsequent (or previous) batches which were halachically pareve.
He wan't discussing that aspect, but should be so.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7354 on: January 25, 2025, 09:31:47 PM »
Wouldn't the remnants be batul by the time it gets to the store? I.e. if the first batch contains sufficiently problematic milk, when the chocolate is in storehouse it will be mixed together with subsequent (or previous) batches which were halachically pareve.

Maybe if you can tell which batch is which by serial number or the like
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7355 on: January 25, 2025, 09:39:05 PM »
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7356 on: January 26, 2025, 12:17:34 AM »
Pretty sure I know the answer but confirming, I bought a blackstone griddle. I need to toivel the griddle, correct?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7357 on: January 26, 2025, 04:17:07 AM »
He wan't discussing that aspect, but should be so.
Right. My point is that whether the chocolate is D or DE is academic since for the consumer in the store it will always be only DE since any D will be batul.
It is hard to argue that the serial number is considered אפשר לברר.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7358 on: January 26, 2025, 08:07:59 AM »
It is hard to argue that the serial number is considered אפשר לברר.

Why?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #7359 on: January 26, 2025, 09:01:46 AM »
Right. My point is that whether the chocolate is D or DE is academic since for the consumer in the store it will always be only DE since any D will be batul.
It is hard to argue that the serial number is considered אפשר לברר.
It’s not completely academic. There can be a distinction in regards to a מינות issue for someone who wants to be machmir. IIRC Rav Moshe differentiates between bitul bshishim and bitul chad btrey in that regard.

Regarding the batch number, I can’t imagine it isn’t batul chad btrey in the first batch.

Also I wonder how does the crc label many items DE if this is a real issue? They require cleaning in between?